Spring is here, and I am greatly looking forward to getting out to create some wet plate collodion work. I want to concentrate on glass plate negatives in hope that I can then produce a nice collection of salt, and platinum palladium prints. I will continue doing tintypes also.
I have also been giving more thought to my next bicycle touring adventure. I really can not put it off for much longer. The idea of spending as many of my remaining time left riding my bicycle is becoming more appealing. I would also like to include doing wet plate work too.
I am drafting a fund raising project, and hope to launch some time in May 2026. my goal is $26,000 for a two year tour of the United States. It is my hope to visit all the lower 48. given speed at which I travel, the desire to create some beautiful images I feel that two years is the minimum time that I would want.
If possible I would like to return to Maine, launch my fundraiser, work the Summer fine tuning my bicycling/camera routine, then hit the road Mid-September working my way down the Eastern seaboard before heading West.
Weather will play a major factor in route planning. Avoiding temperatures above the eighties is crucial. Ideally for the WPCP I would like to be in temperatures between 50, to 70 degrees, and as it happens I like those temps too.
Webster’s Wet Plate 
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